Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Australian-listed North has struck a US$230-million deal for a 59.3% stake in Iron Ore Co. of Canada (IOCC), Canada’s largest producer of iron ore.The Melbourne-based company bought a 37.6% interest h…

Copperstone Resources (CPP-V) has closed a private placement of 800,000 special warrants.Proceeds of $680,000 will be used to pay down debt and finance a drill program on the Lucifer concession in the…

K. McKechnie appointed chairman and chief executive officer.

James Geyer appointed senior vice-president of mining and technical activities; Richard Kehmeier appointed vice-president of exploration; and Mary Smith appointed vice-president of administration.

William Kocken appointed director.

Jeffrey Arnold appointed director.

J. Drever appointed president and director.

Anthony Kana appointed chief financial officer.

Diamond drilling by Quebec-based Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) has begun at the Red Cliff Pond gold property in Newfoundland’s Baie Verte Peninsula.The junior can earn a 100% interest in the 1,440-ha p…

The cake: Drilling at the Marlhill property in Hoyle Twp., just east of Timmins, Ont., has confirmed that four mineralized structures continue down-plunge from where they are exposed in old mine worki…

Royal Oak President Margaret (Peggy) Witte and British Columbia Premier Glen Clark will probably never agree on much, apart from the weather. But one thing they do share is a stake in the fate of the …

Junior First Dynasty Mines (FDM-T) has entered an agreement with the Armenian government to upgrade two gold mines in the former Soviet republic.Other participants in the project include New York-base…